The one guide you'll need to know about the openings coming your way in the week ahead. This week, London's about to go mad for tiramisu, a popular pizza residency finds a permanent home, new grab & go sushi for Soho and more...
Marrone
Soho - 15 Sherwood St, London W1B 5AP
London does like a high-concept opening from time to time, as the huge success of CZER's focus on Caesar wraps is showing us. This time around it's all about tiramisu as Marrone is concentrating on just that, albeit in three different flavours: traditional, pistachio and chocolate. There's been growing interest in this one since we were the first to cover it a couple of weeks ago, so expect huge queues when it opens.
Opening date: 15 August 2026
Waterhouse
Hackney - 7A Ezra Street, London E2 7RH
When Gabriel Waterhouse closed The Water House, few people realised that it was actually going to be moving, with this new address being essentially a version 2.0 of that popular restaurant. In its new home, the main restaurant (which seats just 24) will once again be tasting menu-focused as well as based around Northumbrian produce, but at this location they're also adding a wine bar.
Opening date: 13 August 2026
Saltwater
Soho - 3-4 Berwick Street, London W1F 0DR
This new sushi restaurant in Soho comes from the same people behind Milk Beach, who have only recently had success with the new opening Bar Blondie. This is a bigger shift for them, however, as it's more about freshly-made takeaway sushi. As seems to be almost mandatory in any new sushi restaurant, there will be handrolls, but you'll also find nigiri and donburi bowls.
Opening date: 13 August 2026
Arcus and Bancone
Bloomsbury - 61-66 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 5BB
The new-look The Imperial hotel opens in Bloomsbury this week, and as part of the opening, they're launching two new restaurants. One of them is the latest Bancone, which focuses on fresh pasta (as well as great counter seating). That's on the ground floor, while Arcus is opening up on the rooftop, making it one of London's largest new rooftop spaces. Sadly it's opening just after the eclipse...
Opening date: 14 August 2026
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Doctor Dough
Chiswick - 19 Devonshire Rd, London W4 2EU
This is the latest successful London food residency to move to something more permanent. Doctor Dough (aka Sonay Ali) has been winning plaudits for his pop-ups and residencies (and he even helped out on the launch of Vincenzo's). He's specifically created pizzas that are designed to have a lighter, more digestible dough and the pizzas include a New York marg, a classic pepperoni, all-white pizzas and a tomato pie.
Opening date: 12 August 2026
And don't forget the eclipse on 12 August...
Here's what opened last week
Whippies (Covent Garden) - Big Kid ice cream goes all soft-serve
This week's events
15 August (Soho) - Simon Rogan's Michelin-starred Aulis London is hosting its first Aulis Social, swapping its tasting menu for a one-day-only menu of cocktails and signature small plates. Expect dishes including truffle pudding, BBQ Herdwick lamb skewers and rock oysters, with cocktails inspired by produce from Rogan's Our Farm. An Aulis Set costs £55, while dishes start from £4.50.
15 August (Shoreditch) - Gloria is hosting the first-ever Sagra di Shoreditch, a 300-person Italian street festival in the Museum of the Home gardens. Expect a four-course feast from Gloria, Kricket and Blacklock, free-flowing Italian wine, live music, Tombola and more, with all profits donated to The Felix Project and Shoreditch Trust's Community Table. Tickets are £75.
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